NameTides

Madden

Madden was the #675 boys' name in the US in 2025 (402 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales and #818 in Canada.

Madden as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Madden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Madden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#675 (402)#4,275 (4)—#818 (32)
2024#691 (393)#3,255 (6)—#747 (35)
2023#645 (426)#2,814 (7)—#665 (39)
2022#657 (419)#3,049 (6)—#554 (49)
2021#822 (291)#3,990 (4)—#564 (50)
2020#809 (287)#3,848 (4)—#688 (37)
2019#788 (294)#4,702 (3)—#625 (42)
2018#776 (299)——#591 (45)
2017#695 (354)——#440 (66)
2016#677 (377)——#460 (63)
2015#611 (439)#3,004 (6)—#381 (81)
2014#629 (417)#4,632 (3)—#413 (72)
2013#612 (410)——#514 (53)
2012#553 (471)——#454 (61)
2011#544 (470)——#421 (67)

Madden as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Madden as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Madden as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#1,326 (168)#2,131 (10)
2024#1,810 (111)#2,259 (9)
2023#1,965 (100)#1,491 (15)
2022#1,856 (109)#2,553 (7)
2021#2,131 (88)#2,616 (7)
2020#2,779 (59)#2,591 (7)
2019#3,172 (50)#2,610 (7)
2018#3,245 (49)#3,286 (5)
2017#3,479 (44)#2,374 (8)
2016#3,182 (51)#1,906 (11)
2015#3,650 (42)—
2014#3,041 (55)#3,316 (5)
2013#2,973 (56)#3,286 (5)
2012#2,654 (67)—
2011#2,796 (62)#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #645.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1997.
  • In 2025, 30% of US babies named Madden were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Madden is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,800 to 1 in 5,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Madden by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #994NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #310IAIndiana: #452INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #704PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #957CAUtah: #274UTColorado: #571CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #559AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #428KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #477TNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: #353LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #756GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #915TXFlorida: #777FL
Madden (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#96411

Madden (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MaddenCanadaGirls#2,13110
MaddenCanadaBoys#81832
MaddenEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
MaddenNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MaddenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MaddenScotlandBoys—too few
MaddenUSGirls#1,326168
MaddenUSBoys#675402